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Waterland | Quiz

Graham Swift
This Study Guide consists of approximately 104 pages of chapter summaries, quotes, character analysis, themes, and more - everything you need to sharpen your knowledge of Waterland.

Waterland | Quiz

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1)

During the festivities for the newly crowned King George V, the New Atkinson Brewery is destroyed. How? (from Chapter 21 | Chapter 22)

A delivery truck rams one of the main pillars and collapses the building.
An overexcited mob looking for more ale.
An accidental explosion in the boiler room.
A fire nobody can explain.
2)

How long does Harry Crick have to wait until he is rescued? (from Chapter 50)

Three days and nights.
A night and a day.
A week.
Not even ten minutes.
3)

Why does Tom Crick decide to study the history of the Fens? (from Chapter 25 | Chapter 26)

To avoid thinking about the history that is in the making as World War II rages.
Because the only history books he can find during the Battle for Britain are local ones.
Because the only scholarship to university he can get is for Fenland history.
Because it is the only history that holds any fascination for him.
4)

What competition does Mary demand the boys take part in before she takes off her last piece of clothing for the winner? (from Chapter 23 | Chapter 24)

A footrace to the bridge and back.
A wrestling match.
A competition to find and catch the largest eel.
An underwater swimming competition.
5)

What is one of the books Tom Crick reads that he finds in the trove of books collected by his great-aunts Louisa and Dora? (from Chapter 27 | Chapter 28)

King Arthur and His Noble Knights.
The Last of the Mohicans.
Hereward the Wake.
A Tale of Two Cities.
6)

What does Mary fail to explain to Dick properly, with terrible consequences? (from Chapter 33 | Chapter 34)

That she is truly in love with Tom.
How children are actually made.
That she is truly in love with Dick.
That she is truly in love with Freddie.
7)

Who buys a large house in Gildsey for the newly married Tom and Mary? (from Chapter 50)

Harry Crick.
Tom Crick.
Dick Crick.
Harold Metcalf.
8)

What temperament does phlegm tend towards, as reflected in the mood of the landscape the novel is set in and in the mood of many of its major characters? (from Chapter 51)

Choleric.
Sanguine.
Melancholic.
Inquisitive.
9)

What is the reason Mary gives Tom for trying to seduce Dick in chapter 32? (from Chapter 31 | Chapter 32)

Her fear of Dick's anger.
Her curiosity.
Her wish to make Tom jealous.
Her desire to make Dick feel less lonely.
10)

What is the great mystery about the eel that nobody has been able to explain? (from Chapter 25 | Chapter 26)

How long eels have existed.
What family of species the eel really belongs to.
Where and how eels mate.
How eels can live both in salt water and fresh water.
11)

How old is Mary when she steals the baby? (from Chapter 44)

63.
15.
45.
52.
12)

How does Tom react to finding the child Mary has stolen? (from Chapter 35 | Chapter 36)

He grabs it and they struggle.
He is too dumbfounded to react.
He immediately calls the police.
He shouts for help.
13)

What does Tom notice for the first time when Mary struggles with Freddie Parr's prank? (from Chapter 27 | Chapter 28)

That Mary is ticklish.
That Dick is interested in Mary and that Mary is interested in Dick.
That Terry Coe is afraid of eels.
That Freddie Parr is a drunkard.
14)

What is not one of the things Tom does in the evenings when he alone? (from Chapter 47)

Cry.
Grade papers.
Smoke cigarettes.
Drink heavily.
15)

Which of the boys' bodies does Mary appear to be most interested in? (from Chapter 23 | Chapter 24)

Tom Crick.
Freddie Parr.
Terry Coe.
Dick Crick.
16)

Where does Price accompany Tom before they part? (from Chapter 43)

The bus stop.
The gates of the school.
All the way home.
The taxi stand.
17)

What does Mary stare at all day at the mental hospital? (from Chapter 47)

The playground children across the road.
A travel picture book of the Fens.
The ceiling of her room.
A picture of Dick Crick.
18)

Price tells Tom Crick of his nightmare about: (from Chapter 39 | Chapter 40)

Tom Crick dying on the last day of class.
A black dog outside his window.
A nuclear holocaust.
A wailing woman in a supermarket.
19)

What does Tom think is a superstition people believed in "once upon a time"? (from Chapter 49)

The goodness of human kind.
The end of the world.
God.
That history matters.
20)

What is NOT a function of phlegm that Tom mentions in chapter 51? (from Chapter 51)

Lubricating.
Insulating.
Cleansing.
Protecting.
21)

In chapter 32, what is the event that Dick cannot understand? (from Chapter 31 | Chapter 32)

Finding the bottle he used to kill Freddie.
Mary's attempt to teach him about love.
Freddie Parr's death.
His mother's death.
22)

While Martha locks herself in with Mary, she asks Tom to do what outside? (from Chapter 41 | Chapter 42)

Pluck a duck.
Chop firewood.
Pray to the Virgin Mary.
Stand guard.
23)

What is the name of the Cricks' golden retriever? (from Chapter 35 | Chapter 36)

Andy.
Rupert.
Paddy.
Goldie.
24)

What important phrase does Tom shout to Price just before they part? (from Chapter 43)

All I told you was lies!
Don't forget me!
Don't let them do it!
Don't become like I am!
25)

What game are Tom Crick, Freddie Parr, Peter Baine, and Terry Coe playing with Mary Metcalf and Shirley Alford on the banks of the Hockwell Lode as Dick Crick looks on? (from Chapter 23 | Chapter 24)

A coy game of Show Me Yours, I'll Show You Mine.
Underwater hide and seek.
A raucous game of catch.
They ask each other silly riddles.
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